Comments on: 5 reasons columnists blogs don’t generate traffic, comments http://www.newmediabytes.com/2008/02/04/5-reasons-newspaper-columnists-blogs-dont-get-traffic/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:09:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: BadgerGravling http://www.newmediabytes.com/2008/02/04/5-reasons-newspaper-columnists-blogs-dont-get-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-538 BadgerGravling Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:03:29 +0000 http://www.newmediabytes.com/2008/02/04/5-reasons-newspaper-columnists-blogs-dont-get-traffic/#comment-538 Part of it is also down to the context of blogging for a particular website. Starting a personal blog involves promotion via the likes of Entrecard, BlogCatalog, MyBlogLog etc etc. Creating your own 125x125 cards, experimenting with Adsense, and all the other widgets which are part and parcel of blogging. Most newspaper sites aren't set up to allow their columnists to start using these tools, and therefore, they miss out the important networking element, unless they can hack out a manual blogroll, if that... That's why I'd probably advise any columnist to set up an independant blog on wordpress or blogger, and link it to their newspaper site (and add the traffic totals in, etc), ideally ftp'ing it to the main domain, rather than using a set newspaper template, and losing individuality, flexibility, and all the other advantages of a blog. Part of it is also down to the context of blogging for a particular website.

Starting a personal blog involves promotion via the likes of Entrecard, BlogCatalog, MyBlogLog etc etc. Creating your own 125×125 cards, experimenting with Adsense, and all the other widgets which are part and parcel of blogging.

Most newspaper sites aren’t set up to allow their columnists to start using these tools, and therefore, they miss out the important networking element, unless they can hack out a manual blogroll, if that…

That’s why I’d probably advise any columnist to set up an independant blog on wordpress or blogger, and link it to their newspaper site (and add the traffic totals in, etc), ideally ftp’ing it to the main domain, rather than using a set newspaper template, and losing individuality, flexibility, and all the other advantages of a blog.

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]]> By: Shawn Smith http://www.newmediabytes.com/2008/02/04/5-reasons-newspaper-columnists-blogs-dont-get-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Shawn Smith Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:15:56 +0000 http://www.newmediabytes.com/2008/02/04/5-reasons-newspaper-columnists-blogs-dont-get-traffic/#comment-504 :) :)

]]> By: Howard Owens http://www.newmediabytes.com/2008/02/04/5-reasons-newspaper-columnists-blogs-dont-get-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Howard Owens Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:33:26 +0000 http://www.newmediabytes.com/2008/02/04/5-reasons-newspaper-columnists-blogs-dont-get-traffic/#comment-502 And they don't do lists. And they don’t do lists.

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